Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 94  ·  NGC 4736  ·  PGC 2174346  ·  PGC 2174701  ·  PGC 2175000
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M94, the Cat's Eye Galaxy, Aaron Freimark
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M94, the Cat's Eye Galaxy

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M94, the Cat's Eye Galaxy

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M94, the "Cat's Eye Galaxy." The galaxy has a double-ring structure, where those "rings" are made up of billions of stars (and planets). It is around 15 million light-years from us.

I captured this Sunday while in the dark skies of Tupper Lake, waiting for the eclipse. Dark skies really do help the image quality.

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M94, the Cat's Eye Galaxy, Aaron Freimark